Can Women Pastor ?

[rdp]

Originally Posted by jfrog

Isaiah 3:16 "Moreover, the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:"
Isaiah 3:17 "Therefore, the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts."

The because is with those things listed in verse 16 only. So, because of those things in verse 16, God was punishing them by taking away their shiny toys and leaving them with a stink. What I'm saying is that there is no example of what follows the word "therefore" to mean that it was a cause of what is happening.

In your example: "Because my step son refused to eat his dinner and was giving me attitude therefore he will be going to bed early which he hates more than just about anything." Your son is being punished only for the reason that you mentioned before the "therefore". An example of what rdp is claiming would have to show the reason following the "therefore" after some of the judgments had already been mentioned. (Like they were in verse 17)

And the jewelry is also mentioned BEFORE [& in between the "because" & "therefore"] the wearing of ornamentation. Do you deny this from the actual text?